Porter Cable - worth keeping?

[18ME]

I've had a Porter Cable polisher for about 5 years now and used it only twice in that time. 2 reasons, 1, I've gotten lazier over the years and 2, the fact that I have to get the transformer out etc, but I want to start making more of an effort again.

I'm not a detailer like some of you lot so wouldn't want a professional machine but do like to keep the cars looking good and was thinking of getting rid of the Porter Cable and getting a Meguiar's polisher. Is it worth it? is the Meguiar's easy to use and will it give half decent results?

 

[RussZS]

If you get the V2 G220, then its a fair bit torquier than the original PC7424's, so easier to get decent results with, plus you won't have to lug that transformer around

Tbh though, the DAS-6 Pro from CYC, which is about £100 or so, is as good as the G220v2, so I'd personally go for that...

Russ

 

[JD]

As Russ says, the PC is old now and there are better machines out there.

However, I still have mine from at least 7 years ago and see no reason to upgrade for the moment, purely due to the lack of use it gets (finishing down the VAG family fleet when I get around to doing them!).

If you can afford to, do it.

 

[18ME]

Cheers for the advice, I'll have a look into the other models and probably just stock the Porter Cable on Ebay at some point when I can sort everything out that it came with.

I've had a quick look at DAS-6 Pro, is this a low risk machine? I mean as I've haven't used polishers often I'm not likely to take too much off like I understand more professional polishers can if you don't know what you are doing.